A WELL REGULATED MILITIA WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter INTRO: A - G (4 times) A G A G A/C# G A/C# G CHORUS: a well, well regulated militia. A G A G A G A G a well, well regulated militia. D G I. militiamen march for you and me. Bm A Sergeant Ray and Corporal Hinckley Bm Em parade with Chapman, Oswald and Booth. A Em Lieutenant Sirhan looks on with approving eyes. A G E this well regulated militia is a-growing in size. A G A G A/C# G A/C# G CHORUS: a well, well regulated militia. A G A G A G A G a well, well regulated militia. D G II. over there is the Ku Klux Klan Bm A at the rifle range with their Nazi friends. Bm Em like dogs they sniff each other's rear ends. A Em they know the smell of Aryan Nation A G E and the scent of White American Bastion. A G A G A/C# G A/C# G CHORUS: what a well, well regulated militia. A G A G A G A G a well, well regulated militia. C F BRIDGE A: all the people see them marching. Dm some of them are clapping. G Am some of them are lying on the ground, F Bb A (into instrumental) bleeding on the Constitution. INSTRUMENTAL: A - G - A - G - A - G - A - G A/C# - G - A/C# - A - G - A - G (repeat under spoken part) SPOKEN: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." D G III. in the orderly room is Pretty Boy Floyd Bm A with Billy the Kid and Bonnie and Clyde. Bm Em the Mafia liaison officer calls. A Em Jesse James walks in and salutes them all, A G E this well regulated militia according to law. A G A G A/C# G A/C# G CHORUS: such a well, well regulated militia. A G A G A G A G a well, well regulated militia. C F BRIDGE B: there's a shootout in the ghetto. Dm rich ladies in their limos G Am point their white-gloved fingers as they shop: F Bb A (into instrumental) "'Just say no' will make it all stop." INSTRUMENTAL: A - G - A - G - A - G - A - G A/C# - G - A/C# - A - G - A - G (repeat) D G IV. there's a campaign map hanging on the wall. Bm A it shows where the enemy will fall: Bm Em Dealey Plaza, Alan Berg's driveway, A Em Ford's Theater, the Dakota, the Lorraine Motel; A G E even your house... you can never tell. A G A G A/C# G A/C# G CHORUS: they're a well, well regulated militia. A G A G A G A G a well, well regulated militia. A G A G A/C# G A/C# G a well, well regulated militia. A G A G A G A G a well, well regulated militia. ENDING: A - G - A (twice) A G A living in a free state, A G A living in a free state, A G A C D living in a free state: J - F - K. A G A D C living in a free state: Garvin Gaye, A G A C D Malcolm X, Harvey Milk, John Lennon A G A D C A M-L-K and Abraham Lincoln. A G A C D (living in a free state) where you can be... A G A D C (living in a free state) ...all you can be. A G A C D (living in a free state) where you can be... A G A D C (living in a free state) ...all you can be. A G A living in a free state. (4 times) © Copyright 1988 Earl P. Reinhalter.   All Rights Reserved.